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Frommer's Florence, Tuscany and Umbria [Paperback]

Reid Bramblett (Author)


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Frommer's Complete Guides January 30, 2004
Meticulously researched by our expert author, Frommer’s Tuscany & Umbria is the only guide you need to discover the region’s artistic treasures, Renaissance architecture, rustic villages, vineyards, and fabulous shopping. This authoritative guide will reveal the best wines and hearty regional dining, tell you how to rent your own romantic villa, send you on scenic bike tours, and lead you away from the tourist crowds so you can discover the true flavor and leisurely pace of this sunny corner of Italy. We’ll show you the best of Florence and its treasure trove of art and architecture, then take you through the medieval alleyways of Siena, along the Chianti Road, and to lovely towns like San Gimignano, Lucca, Assisi, Perugia, and more.

Every one of our honest, in-depth hotel reviews is based on a recent personal inspection; every restaurant has been tried personally; and every sight, shop, and stroll was checked out in detail. You’ll get the latest trip-planning advice, valuable cultural insights, wonderful tips for venturing off the beaten path, and detailed, accurate maps. With Frommer’s in hand, it’s a snap to design the Italian adventure that’s right for you.


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Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best ithas to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer's, we use 150 outspokentravel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommer's.Your guide to a world of travel experience.

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  • Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
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About the Author

Reid Bramblett learned Italian on the playground of a Roman parochial school when he was 12, explored Italy with his parents for 2 years in a hippie-orange VW camper, and spent a year studying there during a break from the anthropology department at Cornell. After a stint in Frommer’s editorial offices, Reid vaulted over the desk to write Frommer’s first guide to Tuscany and Umbria and hasn’t stopped exploring, learning, interviewing, taking notes, and reporting it all in guidebooks since. He has also written Frommer’s Northern Italy, Frommer’s Portable Florence, Frommer’s Memorable Walks in New York, is a coauthor of Frommer’s Italy from $70 a Day, and contributes to Frommer’s Europe and Frommer’s Europe from $70 a Day. When not on the road, he lives in Maspeth, Queens, New York.

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Reid Bramblett spent his adolescence living in Italy, which later served him well in writing ten guidebooks and contributing to more than two-dozen others (and launching ReidsItaly.com). He is a Contributing Editor Condè Nast's Concierge.com and to Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine, where he was formerly Associate Editor. As a daily travel reporter for MSNBC.com he won two Lowell Thomas awards. His award-winning ReidsGuides.com trip planning site has been recommended by CNN, USA Today, SmartMoney, and National Geographic Traveler, and was proclaimed "Among the best" by Arthur Frommer. His old weekly adventure column in the Chicago Daily Herald, "The Intrepid Traveler," has been revived at TheIntrepidTraveler.net. His articles have appeared in Newsweek, The Miami Herald, The Dallas Morning News, the St. Petersburg Times, Modern Bride, and on CNN.com. He has served as a travel expert on CNN, Fox NEWS, CNNfn, and the New York City affiliates of ABC, Fox, and UPN, as well as on various NPR stations and as an occasional guest host of "The Travel Show" on WOR710am.

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This book will provide you with countless insider tips, show you places as yet undiscovered by most tourists, and tell you where to find a comfortable room and a great meal in an out-of-the-way town. Read the first page
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cumulative ticket, baroque canvases, quad with bathroom, limited room service, trippa alla florentina, crossbow competition, tour desk, grigliata mista, bistecca alla florentina, fat spaghetti, rocca fortress, hare sauce, right transept, left transept, third altar, massa marittima, pietra serena, pietre dure, nonsmoking rooms, main piazza, info office, centro storico, baptistery doors, left aisle, courtesy car
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Santa Maria, San Francesco, Piazza del Duomo, Santa Croce, San Gimignano, San Domenico, San Lorenzo, Middle Ages, San Marco, San Giovanni, Museo Civico, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Giorgio Vasari, San Michele, San Pietro, Santo Spirito, High Renaissance, Luca Signorelli, Pitti Palace, Museo Archeologico, New Zealand, Piazza Garibaldi, San Martino, Chianti Classico
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